Edgework Client List

1. Grace under Fire - “De-escalation of Aggressive and Mentally Ill Individuals for Law Enforcement” – Including CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) trainings at multiple locations

• Battleground Police Department – (Multiple Trainings) – Battleground, WA
• Bingham County CIT Training – Idaho
• Chelan-Douglas County CIT Training –  (Multiple Trainings) - Wenatchee, WA
• Clark County/Vancouver Police Department CIT training – (Multiple Trainings) – Vancouver, WA
• Corvallis Police Department - Corvallis OR
• Cowlitz County, WA- CIT training – (Multiple Trainings)
• Grays Harbor County CIT training – Aberdeen, WA (Multiple Trainings)
• Henderson Police Department - Henderson, Nevada
• Hillsboro Police Department - Hillsboro, Oregon
• Homeland Security Police, Region 10 - Federal Way, WA
• Idaho Falls Police Department – (Multiple Presentations) - ID
• Idaho (North, Region 1) – CIT training - (Multiple Presentations)
• Illinois (Champaign) – (Mobile Training Unit #12) - General Training
• Illinois (Chicago Area) – (Mobile Training Unit #3) - (Multiple Trainings)
• Illinois (Mattoon) – (Mobile Training Unit #13) - General Training
• Illinois (Peoria) - (Mobile Training Unit #7) - General Training
• Kent Police Department – (Multiple Presentations) – Kent, WA
• King County Eastside CIT training – WA
• King County CIT training - (Multiple Presentations) - King County, WA
• Kitsap County – Law Enforcment and Corrections Agencies (Multiple Presentations) including CIT training – WA
• Kittitas County Law Enforcement and Corrections Agencies – Kittitas County, WA
• Klickitat County Law Enforcement and Corrections Agencies – Klickitat County, WA
• Mercer Island Police Department – (Multiple Presentations) – Mercer Island, WA
• Montlake Terrace Police Department – Montlake Terrace, WA
• North Las Vegas Police Department - North Las Vegas, Nevada
• Port Angeles, WA – CIT Training (Multiple Presentations)
• Redmond Police Department – Redmond, WA (Multiple Presentations)
• San Jose (CA) Police Department – 2010
• Seattle Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team (CIT), Hostage Negotiation Team and First Response Officers – (Multiple Presentations) – Seattle, WA
• Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office – Everett, WA
• Snohomish County, WA–- CIT Training (Multiple Presentations)
• Skagit County, WA – CIT Training (Multiple Presentations)
• Spokane County, WA – CIT Training
• State of South Carolina Project for the establishment of Police Crisis Intervention Team
• Sunnyside Police Department – Sunnyside, WA
• Thurston County, Washington Consortium of Police Agencies – CIT training – (Multiple Presentations) – Olympia, WA
• Tukwila, Washington Police Department – (Multiple Presentations) – Tukwila, WA
• Tumwater, Washington Police Department – (Multiple Presentations) – Tumwater, WA
• West St. Paul, Minnesota Police Department – West St. Paul, MN
• Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission – Field Training Officers
• Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission – CIT Training (Multiple Presentations)
• Washington State DARE Officers Association – 2004 & 2005 Conference – King County, WA
• Washoe County Sheriff's Office - Reno, Nevada
• Yakima, Washington – CIT program – Yakima, WA (Multiple Presentations)
  

2. Grace under Fire - “De-escalation of Aggressive and Mentally Ill Individuals for Correctional Officers & Parole/Probation Officers "

• Airways Correctional Facility – Airway Heights, WA
• Charles Denny Youth Center – Snohomish County, Washington
• City of Kent, WA – Juvenile Probation Offices – 2008
• Clark County Sheriff's Office/Jail (Multiple Presenations)
• JCWAW (Juvenile Court Workers Association of Washington – 2008 Spring Conference
• Santa Clara County Youth Authority (comprehensive training for entire staff of 350+) – Santa Clara, CA (Multiple Presentations)
• Washington Correctional Association, National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, & Women in Criminal Justice – 2004 Conference – Seattle, WA
• Washington Correctional Education Association (WCEA – 2010
  

3. Grace under Fire - “De-escalation of Aggressive and Mentally Ill Individuals for Fire Departments and Emergency Response ”

• 1994 California State Fire Fighters Association Convention – CA
• Kent Fire Department (Multiple Presentations) – Kent, WA

4. Grace under Fire - “De-escalation of Aggressive and Mentally Ill Individuals for Security Personnel”

• Guardsmark – Security force of Microsoft Corp. – Redmond, WA
• Harborview Hospital Public Safety Academy – (Multiple Trainings) – Seattle, WA
• Seattle Metropolitan Business Association – (Multiple Presentations) – Seattle, WA
• T-Mobile – security personnel

5. “Scenario Training For Crisis/Hostage Negotiation Teams Dealing with Mentally Ill Individuals”

• Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office – (Multiple Presentations) – Everett, WA
• Seattle Police Department – (Multiple Presentations) – Seattle, WA
• Airways Correctional Institute – CERT team – Airway Heights, WA
• 2004 & 2007 Washington State Conference for Hostage Negotiators - Everett, WA
• 1996 & 2004 Western States Hostage Negotiators Conference – Keynote speaker
  

6. Advanced CIT Training - Follow-up Training for Certified CIT Police Officers

• Chelan/Douglas County CIT Officers
• Idaho Falls CIT Officers.

7. “Safety at Work” - Worksite Safety Training

• American Seafood – Seattle, WA – (Multiple Presentations)
• Arlington, WA – Office of Emergency Management (Multiple Trainings)
• Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) – Seattle, WA
• ASIS International – Seattle, WA
• Boeing Corporation
• California Association of College Bookstores – (Multiple Locations)
• Center for Learning Coalition – (Multiple Presentations) – Washington State
• City of Kent, WA
• Department of Community Trade & Economic Development – WA State
• Everett Housing Authority – Everett, WA
• Firecrest School – training regarding staff conflict – Shoreline, WA
• Fremont Public Organization – Seattle, WA
• Highline Community College Bookstore
• Interfaith Social Services – Bellingham, WA
• King County Bar Association – Seattle, WA
• King County Coalition of Social Services Agencies – (Multiple Presentations) – Seattle, WA
• Leadership Institute – (Multiple Presentations) – Kent, WA
• Microsoft Corporation – (Multiple Presentations)
• Northwest College Bookseller’s Association – Multiple Locations in Washington and Oregon
• Northwest Defenders Office – Seattle, WA
• Plymouth Housing Association – (Multiple Presentations) – Seattle, WA
• Salvation Army – Seattle, WA
• Seattle Housing Authority – (Multiple Presentations) – Seattle, WA
• Seattle Mental Health Institute – (Multiple Presentations) – Seattle, WA
• Society of Council Representing Accused Persons – King County, WA
• Temple DeHirsch – Seattle, WA
• Tukwila City Government Staff – (Multiple Presentations) – Tukwila, WA
• Tyson’s Seafood – Seattle, WA
• Vancouver Housing Authority - WA
• Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys – Spokane, WA
• Washington State Attorney General’s Office – (Multiple Presentations & Locations)
• Washington State Department of Community, Trade & Economic Development (CTED) – (Multiple Presentations)
• Washington State 2009Judges Conference
• Washington State Mental Health Division Conference – (Multiple Presentations & Locations)
• WORKSOURCE – Washington State – (Multiple Presentation & Locations)
  

8. Grace under Fire - “De-escalation of Aggressive and Mentally Ill Individuals” for Social Services Organizations (mental health centers & social service agencies serving youth and/or adults)

• Apple Parenting Resources
• Arizona Dispute Resolution Conference – Scottsdale, AZ
• Ballard Food Bank - Seattle, WA
• Behavioral Health Resources – Olympia, WA (Multiple Presentations)
• Central Area Youth & Family Services – Seattle, WA
• Chelan-Douglas (Washington) Mental Health – Chelan, WA
• Child and Family Guidance Center – Tacoma, WA
• WA State Children's Justice Conference – 2006 & 2007
• Children's Crisis Outreach Response System – King County, WA
• Clark County, WA – Regional Support Network for Mental Health Services – (Multiple Presentations) – Vancouver, WA
• Cocoon House – residential home for homeless youth – (Multiple Presentations) – Everett, WA
• Community House Group Homes – (Multiple Presentations) – Seattle, WA
• Community Psychiatric Clinic – (Multiple Presentations) – Seattle, WA
• Compass Mental Health (Everett, WA) – (Multiple Presentations) – Everett, WA
• Consejo Mental Health – (Multiple Presentations) – Seattle, WA
• Cowlitz Indian Tribe – Longview, WA, 2011
• Deaconess Children's Services – Everett, WA
• DSHS – Community Service Organization (CSO) – (Multiple Presentations and Regions in Washington State)
• DSHS – Division of Children and Family Services – (Multiple Presentations and Regions in WA State)
• Evergreen Counseling – (Multiple Presentations) – Hoquiam, WA
• Ferry County Mental Health and Human Services Division – Ferry County, WA
• Grant Mental HealthCare – Moses Lake, WA
• Head Start – (Multiple Presentations) – Seattle, WA
• Interdisciplinary training (police, parole/probation, domestic violence advocates, social services staff) – Ellensburg, WA
• Interdisciplinary training (police, parole/probation, domestic violence advocates, social services staff) – Goldendale, WA
• Interdisciplinary training (police, parole/probation, domestic violence advocates, social services staff) – Sunnyside, WA
• Kitsap County Drug-Alcohol Treatment Center – Kitsap County, WA
• Kitsap Mental Health – (Multiple Presentations) – Kitsap County, WA
• Mental Health Northwest – (Multiple Presentations) – Bellevue, WA
• Mid-Columbia Center for Living – The Dalles, OR
• NAMI – Clark County, WA
• Navos Mental Health – (Multiple Presentations) – Seattle, WA
• Navos Consortium – WA
• Neighborhood House – (Multiple Presentations) – Seattle, WA
• Northwest Youth Services – Bellingham, WA
• PACT Team Training – 2007 – WA State (Multiple Presentations)
• Peninsula Mental Health – Port Angeles, WA
• Puget Sound Recreational Therapist’s Association – Seattle, WA
• Qualcomm Mental Health – Lewiston, WA
• Rainier Park Medical Clinic – Seattle, WA
• Ruth Dykeman Children’s Center – Burien, WA
• Salvation Army – Seattle, WA
• Seattle Crisis Clinic (Crisis Line) – Seattle, WA
• Solid Ground - Seattle, WA
• Therapeutic Foster Care – Seattle, WA
• Transitional Resources (for mentally ill youth) – Seattle, WA
• Transitional Resources – (group home for chronically mentally ill adults) – (Multiple Presentations) – Seattle, WA
• United Auburn Indian Community – Auburn, California, 2011
• Valley Cities Mental Health – (Multiple Presentations) – Auburn, WA
• Washington Council of Community Mental Health Centers (Support Services Division – 1998, 1999, 2004, & 2007 – (Multiple Presentations)
• Washington Community Mental Health Council – (Multiple Trainings)
• Washington State CASA
• Wellspring Family Services – Seattle, WA, 2010
• WorkForce - Green River Community College – Washington, 2011
• YMCA – Therapeutic Foster Care – 2010
• YouthCare - Seattle, Washington, 2011
• YouthSource – Renton, Washignton, 2011
  

9. “De-escalation of Aggressive and Mentally Ill Individuals” for Hospitals – verbal de-escalation as well as restraint training

• Cascade General Hospital – Arlington, WA – (Multiple Presentations)
• Eastern State Hospital Forensic Psychiatric Unit – (Multiple Presentations) – Medical Lake, WA
• Martin Center  Evaluation and Treatment Unit (for youth) – Bellingham, WA
• Mukilteo Evaluation and Treatment Unit – (Multiple Presentations) – Mukilteo, WA
• North Sound Evaluation and Treatment Unit – (Multiple Presentations) – Sedro Wooley, WA
• Recovery Innovations - Tacoma, WA
• Whidbey General Hospital – Whidbey Island, WA

10. "THE ELEMENTALS:  Understanding and Working with People with Intense Personality Disorders" (Focus on boundaries and strategic communication)

• Children's Justice Conference - 2006
• Community House – Seattle, WA

• Compass Health – (Multiple Presentations) – Seattle, WA
• DSHS CSO – (Multiple Presentations) – WA Regions 2 & 3
• Eastern State Hospital Forensic Psychiatric Unit – Medical Lake, WA
• King County Court – WA
• Kitsap School District – WA
• Misdemeanant Corrections Association (MCA) of Washington State - 2009 Spring Conference
  

11. "LIFELINE IN THE DARK:  "Communication with Seriously Mentally Ill Individuals"

• WA State Children's Justice Conference – 2007

12. “De-escalation of Aggressive and Mentally Ill Individuals” for Schools

• Darrington Elementary School – Darrington, WA
• Everett Washington School District (Multiple presentations)
• Evergreen School District – Clark County, WA
• Hillcrest School – Redmond, WA
• Kent School District – Kent, WA
• Kirkland School District – Kirkland, WA
• Lake Washington School Dist. – Redmond, WA
• Renton School District – Renton, WA
• Seattle Headstart – Seattle, WA
• Seattle Hebrew Academy – WA
• School Safety Conference - 2007 – WA
• Tiffany Park Elementary School – Renton, WA
• Yakima School District - Office Professionals
• YWCA school program for at-risk youth – Seattle, WA
  

13. “Verbal De-escalation of Aggressive and Mentally Ill Individuals” for Colleges and Universities

• Bates Technical College – Tacoma, WA
• Big Bend Community College – Moses Lake, WA
• Eastern Washington University – Cheney, WA
• Edmonds Community College – Edmonds, WA
• Gray’s Harbor Community College – Gray's Harbor, WA
• Green River Community College – Kent, WA
• Lower Columbia Community College – Longview, WA
• Northwest Indian College – Lummi, WA
• Tacoma Community College – Tacoma, WA
• Washington University – St. Louis, Missouri
• Yakima Valley Community College
  

14. “Sanction Prevention” for Workfirst

• DSHS CSO (Multiple Presentations in various regions in WA State)
  

15. Training for Supervisors and Human Resources Staff in Working with Difficult Employees

• Boeing Corporation
• DSHS CSO and Financial Service Offices (Multiple Presentations)
• Leadership Institute – Kent, WA (Multiple Presentations)
• Microsoft Corporation
  

16. “The Art of Assessment Concerning Child Abuse and Neglect” 

• Biannual Presentation to Seattle University’s Graduate Psychology Class on Assessment – Seattle, Washington
• 2001 Dependency Law Conference – Seattle, WA 
  

17. “Domestic Violence”

• 2002 Greater Puget Sound Domestic Violence Conference (read article) – Keynote Speaker
• Citizens Against Domestic and Sexual Abuse of Island County, WA
• 2002 Evergreen Hospitals Symposium on Domestic Violence – Kirkland, WA – Keynote Speaker
• Kelso Police Department – "On Stalking and Domestic Violence" – 2010
• STOP – Aberdeen, WA
  

18. Specialized Trainings & Keynote Address

• Canadian Centre for the Prevention of In-Custody Death"–"What Excited Delirium is Not" – (Multiple Presentations)
• "Frequent Fliers: Dealing with Suicidal, Repeat User fo the Emergency Response" - 2011 Crisis Intervention Team International Conference

• “Dealing with Passive Aggressive and Passive Clients in Family Interventions”–Catholic Community Services – Everett, WA

• Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths – "What Excited Delirium is Not" – Las Vegas, NV - (Multiple Presentations)
• "Interventions for People with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder" – WA Mental Health Counselors Association
• "The Marty Smith Project" – Contribution of the Verbal De-escalation Module for a comprehensive safety training for all licensed mental health agencies in the state of Washington
• "On Parasuicidal Behavior" to the Suicide Prevention Action Network of Idaho (Sept., 2010)
• "On Sociopathic Behaviors and Intimidating Inmates" to the Washington Corrections Education Association Conference
• "Suicide by Cop" – Washington State Crime Prevention Conference
• "What My Own Mentally Ill Family Members Have Taught Me" - 2011 NAMI Washington Yearly Conference

19.  "Grand Rounds" - Staffing Regarding Difficult or Dangerous Clients

• Kitsap Mental Health (Multiple Presentations)

20.  Train the Trainer

• King County Washington - 9-1-1 Dispatcher's Training
• King County Washington - Correctional Officers

21. International Presentations

• Athens, Greece – Open Training of "Grace under Fire"
• Birmingham, England – Mental Health Services – Birmingham, England
• Canadian Institute for the Prevention of In-custody Death
• Chelsea and Kensington Borough – (Multiple Presentations) – London, England
• Eagle Ridge Hospital - Port Moody, British Columbia - Canada
• Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Offices – London, England
• Hammersmith and Fulham Borough – Child Protective Services – London, England
• ON Telecoms – Athens, Greece
• Ridge Meadows Hospital – Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada